This techie applies to 5,000 jobs using AI, makes it to 20 interviews

Julian Joseph, a former Salesforce employee who was laid off twice in a year, tried a unique way to land interviews.

AI helps man apply for 5000 jobs in a day

AI is clearly paving the way for companies, talents and recruiters to find a common ground. (Image: Freepik)

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Ask a job seeker how difficult it is to find a job. There are endless cold emails, rounds and rounds of interviews. For companies too, it is not easy, as they are often inundated with applications making it even more tedious for all the parties involved. While similar travails are experienced by job seekers worldwide, this software engineer did something totally different.

Software engineer Julian Joseph, who was facing his second layoff in two years, was aghast and wondered if there was a tech that could solve the tedium involved in applying for jobs back to back. Josep, who specialises in user interface automation, landed on a company known as LazyApply. The company offers an AI-powered service known as Job GPT that helps users apply for thousands of jobs at a single click. All one is required to do is fill in some base information about their skills, work experience, and desired position.

According to the report published in Wired, Joseph paid $250 and purchased a lifetime unlimited plan. He installed a Google Chrome extension and later witnessed how the bot went on to fill applications on his behalf in jobs that matched his skills. Desperate to get employed, Julian later borrowed his partner’s laptop and installed the app. Now, two computers were running incessantly applying for jobs. In one night, the bot applied to nearly 1000 jobs.

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Although not perfect, LazyApply applied for some 5,000 jobs, and according to the report landed Joseph around 20 interviews. Interestingly he applied manually to nearly 300 jobs and got 20 interviews. While the success rate is marginal, the biggest takeaway here is the time, energy and resources it saved for Julian.

Many companies provide similar services and Slack seems to be the biggest competitor to LazyApply. The same report also said that another company Sonara charges $80 a month to automate around 420 job applications. More and more recruitment companies are offering similar services.

AI is clearly paving the way for companies, talents and recruiters to find a common ground. Julian is an engineer from San Diego, California, US. According to his LinkedIn profile, he had previously worked for companies like Salesforce, AgentSync, and Classy.org.

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